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Archive for July, 2007
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
An Indiana man was wounded early this morning after being shot during an
armed robbery of a home poker game, an Indianapolis newspaper reported.
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Sunday, July 29th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
A couple of entrepreneurs have combined poker and online social
networking in the latest attempt to make money off the worldwide poker
craze.
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Sunday, July 29th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
Who’s better at poker, computers or human beings?
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Thursday, July 26th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
New Jersey State Police have arrested four men, including a Las Vegas
gaming consultant, on charges stemming from a high-tech poker scam at
Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, the Associated Press
reported.
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Thursday, July 26th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
There’s no down time in the high-pressure world of high-stakes poker.
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
Just what the world needs, another poker movie.
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
A Florida man accused of leaving his two children in a car while he
played poker was arrested, charged with child neglect and jailed, law
enforcement authorities said.
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Sunday, July 22nd, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
Internet money-transfer service NETeller is pulling out of another
gambling market.
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Friday, July 20th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
Embattled e-wallet NETeller has agreed to forfeit $136 million–and
admit wrongdoing for violating U.S. laws against facilitating Internet
gambling–in a deal to avoid prosecution on a criminal conspiracy
charge.
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Thursday, July 19th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
Universal Gaming Concepts Inc., an Irish company licensed in Antigua,
has announced the launch of a new online poker room.
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
Dr. Jerry Yang, a 39-year-old psychologist and social worker from Temecula, Calif., USA, has won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event in Las Vegas–and the $8.25 million prize. (more…)
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
It won’t all be smooth sailing for the winner of the World Series of
Poker (WSOP) main event.
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
Who are these guys?
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
It didn’t take long.
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Monday, July 16th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
The final table is set for the main event of the 2007 World Series of
Poker (WSOP).
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Sunday, July 15th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
Every player who reaches the final table at the main event of the World
Series of Poker (WSOP) will become a half-millionaire, at least.
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Sunday, July 15th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
While the main event of the 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is the
only one of the WSOP’s 55 tournaments to merit live television
coverage–final table play is on ESPN pay-per-view beginning
Tuesday–many of the other now-completed ‘07 WSOP tournaments are
scheduled to be shown free on ESPN throughout the summer and fall.
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Sunday, July 15th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
Thirty-six poker players were still alive at the World Series of Poker
(WSOP) main event as play continued Saturday night in Las Vegas.
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Sunday, July 15th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
So who’s cashing in at the main event of the World Series of Poker
(WSOP)?
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Saturday, July 14th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
After two rounds of play in the main event of the World Series of Poker
(WSOP) in Las Vegas, a total of 337 players are left standing–or
sitting, as the case may be.
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Saturday, July 14th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
Commenting on his website for the first time since he crashed a car in
Las Vegas Sunday and then crashed and burned in the World Series of
Poker (WSOP) main event, Phil “Poker Brat” Hellmuth Jr. says he’s “out
of control.”
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Thursday, July 12th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
There won’t be a repeat champion at the World Series of Poker (WSOP)
main event.
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Thursday, July 12th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
A 94-year-old Indiana man is the belle of the ball at the World Series
of Poker (WSOP).
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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
Phil “Poker Brat” Hellmuth Jr., who was injured in a car crash Sunday in
Las Vegas, recovered quickly enough to enter the main event of the 2007
World Series of Poker (WSOP) Monday.
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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
A total of 6,358 people entered the main event of the 2007 World Series
of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, WSOP officials reported.
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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
Celebrities are out in full force at the main event of the World Series
of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, but they’re not there just to watch the
action.
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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
Two weeks after a NETeller co-founder, arrested by U.S. authorities
earlier this year for facilitating illegal online gambling, pleaded
guilty to conspiracy, another similarly-accused co-founder has done the
same.
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Monday, July 9th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
So much for the favorite.
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Monday, July 9th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
Eleven-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet-winner Phil “Poker
Brat” Hellmuth Jr. was injured in a car crash in Las Vegas Sunday,
possibly jeopardizing his participation in the WSOP main event.
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Monday, July 9th, 2007
BY TOM SOMACH
A celebrity charity tournament held at the World Series of Poker (WSOP)
in Las Vegas raised over a half-million dollars in aid for the crisis in
Darfur.
(more…)
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